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Defence Company Looks to Open Standards to Secure Future Information: Scientists and engineers at defence research company QinetiQ support their innovative scientific developments with intellectual capital captured from internal and external sources. The organisation is no stranger to the use of technology to support these vast information resources. It has recently implemented a central repository for search and collaboration in...; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Open Standard, Microsoft Corp.; Case studies 2008-01-01
Photos: Solar-powered UAV flies and flies: U.K. defense contractor Qinetiq says its spindly Zephyr has set a world record for time aloft by an unmanned aircraft. by CNET News.com; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Defense Contractor, Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-09-11
Mobile Security: Cause for Concern?: This paper explores the security risks surrounding mobile devices and their enabling technologies, the security available to the devices themselves, the transmission medium used by them and the networks that the devices connect to. GPRS security functionality is equivalent to the existing GSM security. Authentication and encryption setting procedures are...; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Mobile, GPRS, GPRS Security Functionality, Cellular Phones, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; White papers 2004-09-01
Implementing IDS Structures: An Intrusion Detection System IDS structures are often created arbitrarily, together without any consideration of why they are needed. An IDS structure comprises the technology, personnel and policy components of IDS, along with the high-level components of incident handling. This white paper offers some thoughts for those planning to implement...; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Detection System Structure, Intrusion Detection, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2003-04-08
Making the Impossible Possible With RFID Solutions: Wavetrend Technologies Ltd are a global group conducting research and development of active Ultra Long Range ULR RFID technology, as well as manufacturing, selling, marketing and distributing these products and solutions through their significant channel network. Wavetrend have an extensive range of devices for use in ULR RFID solutions, however...; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Solution, Research & Development, RFID, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Wireless, Security, Biometrics; Case studies

QinetiQ Case Study: Student Loans Company (SLC): hack Glasgow-based Student Loans Company SLC was set up in 1989 as a not-for-profit, nondepartmental Government body and has a central role in the provision of the governments student finance schemes. In 2003, SLC identified the urgent need to implement a secure infrastructure as part of its corporate governance. Any...; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., SLC, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Finance; Case studies
Response to a Hacking Attack: A large commercial organisation contacted the QinetiQ 24-hour Computer Incident Response team concerned about suspicious activity on their network. The systems administrator had noticed that 'Something was not quite right' by the sheer amount of data that was leaving the system. He knew that expert and impartial assistance was needed....; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Hacking, Attack, Team Management, Microsoft Windows NT, Networking, Security, Servers, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware; Case studies
IT Security Health Check: A routine UK-based security check performed by QinetiQ for a particular blue-chip client very quickly turned into an extraordinarily serious global issue. As QinetiQ's experts did routine testing on the client's UK intranet, they found they could access the company's site around the world. This was a wake-up call for...; Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., IT Security, Information Technology, Hacking, Security; Case studies

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Westar Cuts Data Center Size by 50% and Power and Cooling Costs by 30% With a Server Virtualization Solution From Dell: Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. needed to streamline its data center to incorporate an acquisition approximately equal to its own size. Following this acquisition, Westar itself was acquired by QinetiQ North America. Westar decided to continue on its path to build a smaller, more flexible data center infrastructure to...; Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Server, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage, Mergers & Acquisitions, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance; Case studies 2008-02-01
Leading Defence Research Company Puts 24-Hour Information at Scientists' Fingertips: Scientists and engineers at defence research company QinetiQ use intellectual capital from internal and external systems to support their revolutionary scientific developments. But libraries were underused, and information often difficult to access. The Enterprise Portal, based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, is a result of the research company's work...; Tags: Research Company, Scientist, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, Search, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-07-01
Navy buying $26m of PackBot robots: Naval Sea Systems Command just announced a $26m buy of bomb disposal robots from iRobot, the company that makes the Roomba home vacuum robot, Defense Industry Daily reports. Under the terms, iRobot will deliver an additional 213 iRobot PackBot Man Transportable Robotic Systems MTRS for use in Iraq and...; Tags: robot; Blog posts 2006-03-31